#D9CE4B#D9CE4B

#D9CE4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.149 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE4B
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -11.49, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 64.98, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0373 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.149 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9586, 59.4043, 15.3845)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE4B #4B56D9

analogous

#D9874B #D9CE4B #9DD94B

triadic

#D9CE4B #4BD9CE #CE4BD9

tetradic

#D9CE4B #4BD987 #4B56D9 #D94B9D

square

#D9CE4B #4BD987 #4B56D9 #D94B9D

split-complementary

#D9CE4B #4B9DD9 #874BD9

monochromatic

#8C831E #BFB328 #D9CE4B #E4DC7E #EEEAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#D9CE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE4B

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE4B	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.149 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc84',
    500: '#d9ce4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce4b;
$custom-light: #e8dc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83669,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE4B

secondary

#363E92

accent

#4DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE4B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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